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thesweetcheat Feb 22, 2017 07:38:48
Replying to jonmor

jonmor wrote:
thesweetcheat wrote:
"Economics lacks a capacity to understand and evaluate the heritage as a cultural phenomenon. At the same time, the cultural approach to heritage lacks a language in which to express the values the heritage holds
This seems to be a paper resulting from a workshop at which no economists were present.
Does that invalidate the conclusions? Have you read the HE/EH principles I linked to?

J jonmor
jonmor Feb 22, 2017 08:09:55
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
Does that invalidate the conclusions? Have you read the HE/EH principles I linked to?
Not necessarily, but trying to develop a value argument using an economics argument that was produced entirely without the the input of any economists may not be wise.

I'm familiar with most of the documents that have been cited so far, but if there's a specific thing that might be of benefit to the discussion, I'd be grateful for a link to it.